I hate when people say they don’t like Eminems music anymore after he quit drugs. This is like one of his most emotional songs ever explaining his drug use and quitting drugs while off drugs.
He helped ME quit. He gave me the strength and courage to quit drugs, stop my abusive marriage, and defend my family and made me not feel alone. There will be NO Em Slander.
@Googers503 uh oh. someone doesn't like Relapse....Stay Wide Awake is lyrically in his top 3, & that was when he was sober too. I prefer it over Recovery. I also prefer Revival over it because i only like 3 tracks from Recovery. This song being the best on the project imo. But Relapse is in his top 3 & is up there with The Slim Shady LP in terms of creativity. Oh & Buffalo Bill is a great song, the whole of Relapse was weird but that was the point, most people were just too sensitive but couldn't find a reason to hate it other than the accents, which wasn't even that much of a problem. Most hate for Relapse could've been summed up with "I don't like Horrorcore" & leave the review at that.
Yep, he can make you feel his pain, but he also helps you understand your own pain, and conquer it... He's a true role model because he's more human than anybody else nowadays
That fourth verse has gotta be one of the most down to earth and heartfelt things Eminem has put on an album. It gets me every time I hear it. A beautiful song overall, without a doubt in my top 5 from Em. Edit: top 3
+christopher crawford yo why u got to hate on someone that is trying to better his life. u mad bro. u scared bro. daddy didn't like u as a lil boy. fuck off bitch.
goddamn these lyrics are real asf, i relate to this song a lot. i lost my bestfriend and since then ive been addicted to painkillers and downers. ems music saved my life.
Laid in bed, earphones full blast. That forth verse gets me every time. Complete raw emotion and you feel everything. Eminem seriously is just on a whole other level to Any artist. A true soul. 2022 and always
0:21 He says "Rolling for Delf" "Delph" here means "self", parallel to "dolo" as slang for "solo". Em is rolling for himself, or "rolling solo", as they say. He's lonely. Phillies blunt wraps are also rolled, and the use of "delph" alongside Philly also creates some wordplay around the city of Philadelphia.
Bumping this 2022. Eminem's music has brought me through so many tough times. I can't keep living like this anymore. This time, I'm ready to change my life. To those in the same situation, keep your head up. Things will get better, but you have to be willing to.
You have to love that he has the balls to put it out there so everyone knows what he's going through. He does it and doesn't care about anybody putting him down. I praise you Em, I really do.
I’m hitting my lowest point, depressed, broken, I’m hurt, over thinking but I’m just laying in bed listening to this song and just trying to relAx Hate depression
I know I been there and I thought people saying "It'll get better" were bullshitting me, but now I can say with confidence that just because you can't see a light at the end of the tunnel doesn't mean it's not there. You're gonna be okay
This song has become my anthem since getting my daughter ripped away from me by her abusive mother amd now I'm in the fight of my life to get her back 😭
I find it funny... People say eminem isn't poetic but he has proved it multiple time and that man had never lost his composser. Not alot oof people can do that he is truly inspiering. Eminem is a god... live from 2018
Ur speech would've been perfect if u spelled right and I already know ur finna say I can't spell the difference is ur tryna sound inspiring so u would like to sound formal but I'm jus explaining to u that u need to learn to spell if ur gonna make speeches that are inspiring
giggity 438 he is poetic over sensitive topics. He wrote and sang/rapped “Beautiful” “mockingbird” “headlights” and “like toy soldiers” just to name a few😅. But yeah, I definitely do agree with you. Like hell, his dominant persona is himself, not Shady, but the reason why he’s making new songs or raps as Shady is because most of his fans want Shady. I don’t know about y’all, but I honestly, I like his dominant persona better rather than his Shady persona.
This song helped me overcome things I didn’t think possible. Made me see the hurt I was causing more clearly and made me want to be better and helped me to hang in when I didn’t believe I could. It wasn’t my miracle, it helped though.
Recovery is my personal favorite album from Em. It's personal, introspective, thought provoking and pure poetry that comes from the heart. Fan of it or not you got to respect him for being real.
Personally i think recovery is his best album ever, just what you are saying it’s so personal and that’s what i love about Eminem hè doesn’t care about others or what other people say about Him he just raps and explains his emotions/feelings.
as someone who felt like killing their self but realizing the person who would get hurt the worse would be my daughter this song gives me chills, em spoke alot of deep shit to our generation of damaged people
So glad you have someone to live for. We don't know each other, but I'm glad you're still here. Same for anyone else out there dealing with suicidal ideation/attempt survivors.
Eminem music can touch anyone soul , no matter the race or age . Been listening to em since I was 12 , I'm a grown ass man now and I'm still an em fan , his music got me through alot of hard times
This song helped me beat things I didn’t think I could. It helped remind me it was possible, when I believed it wasn’t possible because of statistics and genes. Reminded me I was hurting those I loved and disappointing those looking down on me from heaven even when I couldn’t seem to care about anyone else and selfishly wanted to give up. The song didn’t save my life exactly, but when I was suffering it reminded me to not be so selfish and stop the pain I was causing everyone. It wasn’t even the spark in my brain of all this, but it kept reminding me when I was weak and wanted to give up. My family and God saved me, and my soul finally came threw I couldn’t do it to them anymore. They say you can only overcome these things when you want to, not true, I didn’t want to, it was too painful and I thought it wouldn’t last anyways, but I wanted to stop pain I was causing, I’m still successful almost 2 years later. Maybe it was that I realized I wasn’t going to be enabled anymore and I’m just making things up in my head idk, my memory is rough especially from that time but I know I wasn’t “ready” like they say you have to be. I don’t look back at all or wanna go back so no you can do it, ready or not. Statistics, mental illness and genes don’t decide everything, period. I thought I was getting it together for a brief time to convince people I was good and they didn’t have to worry and I’d go back to my ways and lie again. well I got right and never wanna go back, that’s not living, I can’t believe I abused my body so horribly and disregarded everybody now. I come back to this song sometimes as a reminder of what you can overcome, which is anything.
Best rappers in history: Eminem Slim Shady Marshall Mathers Fire Marshall B Rabbit Cinderella Man Rain Man Superman That white guy from d12 Hailies Father
This song's been with me during the highest moments to my lowest. When everyone I cared were around me to when no one gave a damn. I keep coming back to this delightful track that kept me sane all this while to recollect all those emotions within me I felt all these years and Everytime I do, I overwhelm myself with feelings that is hard to contain.
Man this song helped me out so much mentally. Was taking no less than 12 Mexican Percs "fentynal" a day. A year clean this song played a major roll. 🙌👊🔥
Whether you hate EMINEM or LOVE YOU this song is the song that saved my life. The words changed everything in life. I know people say EM’s songs related to them so much....but when I had demons, all I gotta say is his words changed my life, it was like he was reading mind. Never thought I’d say that a rapper saved my life, thank you Marshall Mathers. God Bless you.
You’ll feel this song alot more whilst driving in the rain. If you listen carefully it sounds like hes driving down a long empty stretch of road in the rain as you can hear little rain drops in the background along with the windscreen wiper of the car but, through every verse where he reflects on his life; the rain begins to get lighter and after the final verse it vanishes into beautiful sunlight from which he changes for better. One of the most influential songs I’ve ever listened to and I always play it in my car.
"Nah, it ain't like Doodie to do that, he wouldn't fuckin shoot at nobody he fights first. But dwellin on it only makes the night worse." That line always makes the eyes swell.
Glad to see I'm not the only one, who listened to this album and helped them become sober. If people actually understood how tough an addiction is, this album would be named one of the greatest of all time.
Been on a week streak listening to all ems old albums and i forget just how many dam good songs he has. Now i cant stop listening just like the old days. Em all day baby
This song wraps up my life in a nutshell. And no, I'm not talking about puberty (I'm going through changes). I mean, it feels like my world is falling apart. But whatever. I can make it through anything.
man this song full on speaks to me... i left my bf of 6 years we have 2 kids and i was looking at his picture of him the other day and was thinking i wish i never left but listening to this song keeps me strong nad i know the reasons i left and i know i cant out myself threw it anymore or my kids.... gosh i love eminem what would i do without him!!!
i’m almost seventeen but i first discovered this song 5 years ago during my 7th grade my dad was absent for most of the year due to him moving somewhere else and trying to get a house for us to move into. my mother was an alcoholic during this time and my grandma who lived with us was suffering from dementia and didn’t know where she was half of the time. so at twelve years old i had take care of my younger sister, my grandma and myself. on top of all of that i was my sister and i were bullied in school which caused me to learn how to defend myself and her which caused me to get bullied more and even jumped. all of this took a toll on my mental health and i ended up becoming depressed. this song helped get through some rough shit and now i’m entering my senior year with mostly all of that behind me. to anyone reading this i promise it gets better you just have to push through it. i know u can :)
I needed this. I’m in recovery from a sleeping pill addiction which led to more “effective” ways to feel numb. Now I’m going through recovery and it is literal hell, but I’m sticking with it and I will never go back to sleeping meds again no matter how badly I need sleep. If I even take 1 I know I will relapse and it’ll turn into a lot more. God has certainly put me on a different/better place and stood by me in hospitals when I overdosed so many times. I don’t know why he gave me so many chances, but I’m here and I’m finally getting help.
Thank you so much! 💖 I am working on myself so much. I’ve been given so many chances so there must be some reason I am still alive. There must be a reason for me to do bigger things in/for society. I am BIGGER & BETTER than drugs and I am so glad I have finally realized I am good enough. Thank you for this comment. It really helps when someone cheers me on. Even if I don’t know them I truly appreciate your words they really help me through this. Many people don’t realize how much small things impact some people. Your words truly impact me and help me to keep going and become entirely sober. 💖
I can't imagine the pain he was feeling while writing this song, and the pain he's still feeling. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost my bestfriend.
Praying for you bro you can do it you just gave to put you're mind to it I promise you on you're journey of getting clean plenty of new doors will open for you in life
It's very rare to find a artist rapper or otherwise who can talk about things that are going on in your life to a T and describe exactly how you're feeling, but he is just talkin about his struggles. When someone can put that out into the world that is true art. Eminem has always been the best way before day 1!!!
I really have never cried to a song this much as I cry listening to this song. This song hits me hard and I break down straight away. Respect to eminem for making songs like this.
When i was younger and hated myself. I tried taking my life many times. Even got into drugs for years. I was doing pills all the time. One thing led to another and i tried different ways getting high off meth. I didnt shoot up tho. But i was on and off for a yr. Worst yr of my life. Im now clean and sober frm drugs. My life is being a full time mama now to 3 beautiful children and an angel in heaven. 5 yrs sober from meth. ✊❤🌹
The reason this song hits so hard is because he is putting to words how every addict feels. Its emotional and heartbreaking to hear in words what addiction has done to us.
I suffer from depression and when it really bad, like (i) really (i) bad, Em helps get me through it. Pretty sure I wouldnt be here with him. "...chicken scratch to help people through tough times"
I love this song so much, i just can relate to it. Space Bound, 25 to life, my 3 favorites on this cd. His lyrics are just so raw, after getting clean, going through so much. I've listened to Eminem for the last 14 years, usually artists their cds get worse as they go on, his did but he did so well with this cd. I never get sick of listening to it. Lyrics and beats are great.
Such a fucking good song man. Almost brings tears to my ears when I'm listening to it right now. I can't imagine having everything in my life that I could ever want and my best friends suddenly and tragically passes
This is true rap. So impressive. So many rhymes and more complicated than the lame A B C B type rhymes at the end of sentences. 4 LEGENDARY verses. Each with so much meaning and crazy rhymes. One of the best songs ever in my opinion.
Eminem: 13 Grammies 11 for this album (im pretty sure but I know he got 13 total) an 1 Oscar Mans untouchable by any other artist he's the best not just because of his song but all of his other success that came with his career other then his music he's Guinness and will always be the best in my eyes and always be in our hearts even after death.
So many can relate to this song. I lost my mom when I was 17. I had taken her vodka cause she was turning into an alcoholic and all I wanted to do was save her. She was too intoxicated to take her car and drive to the store, she walked instead. My step dad and I got worried after her being gone for so long so we went to find her. We found her walking up the hill and she got into the car turned and smiled at me as if she was saying goodbye. I asked my step dad later if he had seen her later that day. He said I should go check on her outside. So I opened the door and saw her dead in the bushes. I'll never forget what a firefighter said to me. He said to live and grow up to be the man she knew I could be. Six years later, I walk into the garage and see my step dad hanging. I fought for everything I ever had. I'm hoping I'm being the man they both wanted me to be. Holding down a good job, a wife that is beyond loving and two wonderful children. I'd not sacrifice that for anything. It just hurts knowing they're not around to see my kids grow.
Damn, i hope things have improved for you and if you ever need someone to talk to i know like i'm just a nobody to you but i'd be glad to talk... i know what it feels like.
@Syzophreniac Glad you are rethinking that decision. My brother committed suicide 3 years ago by hanging himself in the backyard after a meth relapse. My family dealt with it by playing the blame game, which tore us all apart in so many ways. Unfortunately, my mom dealt with the guilt by committing suicide herself (2 years ago, come this March 13th) and I blamed myself for that too (I knew she was talking suicide but didn't tell anyone because I didn't think she'd really do it). Then the cycle continued as I started to feel unworthy of life due to the guilt I carried on my shoulders. I knew that if I tapped out of life, my kids would suffer the same and so turns the hamster wheel. So I decided to seek help. Mind you, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and undergoing chemo during all of this bullshit. I cannot begin to explain how hard it was to endure chemo when I kept thinking "why am I trying to extend my shitty life"? Sorry to ramble, but the bottom line is-if my brother could have known what his death would do to our family and if our mom knew what her death did as well, they wouldn't have done it. The only thing you'll leave behind is emotional torture to those closest to you. Long story short--don't do it. Get help. IDK who you are, but Jesus, write to me if you want lol
I can say with 99% certainty that everyone whether you like eminems music or not can relate to at least one of his songs if they just listened to the lyrics rather than just refuse to listen to his music because he's a rapper or because of some unnecessary hatred of his music when the people who hate his music have only heard one song their kid played and thought it was unacceptable. Eminem literally saved my life with the recovery album!
I will always love Eminem's because he is my number 1 role model I can relate to his songs because of everything I have been through in my life I been through hell and back every day and I'm still standing strong
Hey, how are you doing, can please you explain to me what means : i am rolling myself for delph like Phily ? i like this rap to so much , EM is thee best .
I first heard this song at 4 in my truck i owned and built with my father ,in december i lost that truck after 11 years to a drunk driver,just hearing this song makes me emotional may big blue rest in peace
This song man... got me through the hardest and toughest time in my life... 5 years locked up soo many times I wanted to give up and call it quits and just end it..
We just gotta keep moving forward, Ik it’s easier said than done but their is not a reason you need to feel like you are nothing in this small time we have in this world 💯 everyone keep their heads up
Stay strong my friend, I've been clean for 1 year now.....after being addicted to Opiates for 5 years. It destroyed my life and i still struggle at times. Like you, I'm a father of 2 boy's and they are what keep me going. Listen bro believe in yourself and stay strong for not only yourself but your kid. Much love and hold ya head up man!!!
